Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-14
THE RAILROADS.


No one who has recently traversed
this region will be astonished to see the
efforts great railroads are making to
reach all the portions of this valley.
The Southern Pacific is now operating a
very lucrative branch TO Santa Ana,
and this will soon be extended to San
Diego. The California Central is now
grading between Santa Ana and San
Juan, and the iron on his road is being
| rapidly laid south of Riverside to pass
| through the Santa Ana cafion into this
valley on the way to san
Diego. The crew now grad
ing at Santa Ana, will be
turned back at once to grade from that
point via Anaheim to Los Angeles. A
company is incorporated to build q road
to Newport Landing. There is road
in prospect to run from some point in
the valley, probably Anaheim. via Gar
den Grove to Long Beach and San
Pedro The line from the Raymond Ho-
| tel in Pasadena by way of Downey City
to Long Beach is now being surveyed.
These magnificent railroad facilities are
quite in keeping with the future pros
peces of the superb valley here outlined.
/ Lie lutuIb vi WIS C2tOh 10 hSooich-
With lands SO unusually prolific of corn,
grain. fruit. and pastures, there can be
no doubt of a dense and prosperous
| people crowding every available inch OF
the land. The Los Alamitos, the San
Joaquin, La Habra and other ranches
will each furnish homes for thousands OF
people. A glance of the eye cast along
| sixty miles of country ON either side OF
the Hudson river, in any direction from
Philadelphia or Chicago will reveal a
district thickly studded with villages,
| and each half mile of the road will be
adorned by well-built and beautifully
| embowered home. So it will be in this
part of Los Angeles within the next ten
years.
As indications of what may be ex-
pected, one has but to spend few days
at any point in the valley. Take Anaheim
for example. There is not day but
the hotel is filled with strangers an this
quiet old Mother Colony. The Plant
| ters is too small for the traffic, and now
| measures are being taken to secure a
larger hotel. The citizens propose to
| guarantee 5 per cent. per annum to any
one who will put up hotel to cost
$40, 900. Mr.. HI. Deutsch offers eight
fine lots affording a frontage on three
streets as follows: $50 feet on Lemon,
1894 feet on Esplonade and $50 feet on
Clementina, in all about 20 acres in the
very center of the town. to any one who
will build the hotel. This combined Of
fer of land and guarantee OF income
seems to make very solid propo-
stion to some man of enterprise.
In all matters progress is noted.
The Water Company is changing
| its bylaws, so as to make their opei- :
alton more liberal. Lamps have just
been put on all the priscipal streets to
light them at night. Lands which
few mouths ago could have
been had for less money are
changing hands rapidly at $3.50 to 500
for those unimproved while improved
places are salable at $3.50 and S400 per
acre. Vineyards that yield five to eight
tons of grapes are well worth the
highest sum named. Saturday eighteen
acres on the corner If Central street and
West street in Anaheim were sold at
S6200 the present owner to get the crcp
of grapes now on the vines. This is
worth at least $1,000, so that the place
brings what is equal to 5000